Todor "Toe" Proeski was a Macedonian multi-genre singer, songwriter and actor. He was popular across the Balkans and was considered a top act of the local Macedonian and Balkan music scene. He was dubbed the "Elvis Presley of the Balkans" by BBC News. He died in a car crash on the ZagrebLipovac A3 highway, near Nova Gradika in Croatia, in the morning on 16 October 2007, aged 26.